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eLanka Newsletter – 19th April 2023 – 6th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter A Kelly Klassic – Pledging My Love – Elvis Presley – by Des Kelly Sinhala Avuruddu celebration at Wasanthie and Mitchell’s place in Endeavour Hills – by Trevine Reodrigo (Melbourne) Invitation to participate at the Remembrance Service for 2019 Easter Sunday victims of Sri Lanka Sinhala/Hindu New Year celebrations over the weekend – Congratulations! Hole In One makes first Peterite Sydney Golf Open extra special – By Lawrence Machado Family of tourists who drowned at Cairns swimming hole call for more safety warnings Where is the Starving people-series 11? – By Dr. Harold Gunatillake Fidel & Danny ‘String Together’ Melodious Accounts of Day One at the Galle Test Match-by Michael Roberts Watch Cricket Highlights – 1st Test, Sri Lanka vs Ireland 2023 Santin Gunawardena- ...

‘Lakmahal’: Colonial-Era Abode Turned Into A Community Library-by Kris Thomas Source:Roar.media Here is a house that once hosted parties for Colombo; where artists mingled with politicians when Sri Lanka was ‘Ceylon’ and under colonial occupation. Lakmahal, at number 8A, Alfred House Road, Colombo 3, has undergone many changes since. The black paint on the doors is replaced with a modern brown varnish. The once polished, dark brown floor is now cool cut cement. The library area. Photo credits: Lakmahal Community Library Anisha Dias Bandaranaike (27), is founder of the newly-launched ‘Lakmahal Community Library’. She told Roar Media that the idea to establish a library at her family’s ancestral home had been on her mind for almost three years. She finally started work on the project in 2019, and despite the delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the library took a little over a year and a half to come to life. “It’s a ...